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The Government approves to allocate 50 M€ to the Employment Plan of Andalusia

11/07/2023

The funds are charged to the budget of the State Public Employment Service (SEPE)

The Council of Ministers has approved, on the proposal of the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy, to authorize the granting of 50,000 in grant to provide an Employment Plan of Andalusia in charge of the budget of the Public Service of State Employment (SEPE).

This amount must be used to implement measures to increase employment during the period of execution of the Plan, which may be extended during 2024 and which will be reflected in an agreement between the State Public Employment Service and the Autonomous Community of Andalusia.”

It is, after the homologous programs of the Canary Islands and Extremadura, the last Plan to be approved due to the delays in the presentation of the documentation that has been adduced by the Government of the Autonomous Community of Andalusia.

Employment indicators in Andalusia

The unemployment rate in Andalusia stood at 19.0%, that is, 6.1 points above the national average. It is the highest of all the CCAAs and only the one behind the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla.

This autonomous community concentrated 1 out of 4 unemployed and unemployed in the state as a whole (25.3%): at the end of 2022, they accounted for 764,900 people, the lowest number of unemployed since 2008.

However, Andalusia accounts for 1 in 4 Spanish unemployed (25.3%).

Andalusia had a total of 3,261,200 people employed at the end of 2022, setting a historical record at the end of the year. In absolute terms, employment increased by 11,400 people, barely 0.4% more. This is therefore a growth rate that is well below 1.4% of the national total.

Plan Objectives

The objectives of the Employment Plan of Andalusia can be concretized, among others, in:

  • Promote programs that contribute to the hiring of unemployed people in Andalusia, and to the maintenance and sustainability of jobs in our labor market.
  • Promote indefinite hiring and the improvement of working conditions for working people in Andalusia.
  • Desarrollar actuaciones dirigidas a mejorar la competitividad de la persona trabajadora autónoma.
  • Implement unique actions aimed at people who are in long-term unemployment and those who are particularly vulnerable to employment.
  • Carry out relocation plans that include measures of orientation, training, identification of professional profiles, among other actions, that promote alternatives of employment to those people or territories that have been affected by the BREXIT, and in particular, in the municipality of the Linea de la Concepción.
  • Strengthen the commitment to comprehensive training and qualification of young people.
  • Support entrepreneurship, especially the promotion of Social Economy companies.
  • To promote the adaptation to the labour market and the integration of people with difficulties in accessing the labour market, mainly with disabilities.
  • Promote equal treatment and opportunities between men and women, as among the most vulnerable groups.